{"id":196560,"date":"2025-04-21T22:05:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T03:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=196560"},"modified":"2025-04-21T22:05:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T03:05:51","slug":"vip-podcast-4-21-wkpwp-15-yrs-ago-livecasts-ad-free-cornette-tears-into-russo-swaggers-upside-mizs-promo-strength-rosss-future-jericho-as-a-face-bischoffs-facebook-more-160","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/podcast\/vip-podcast-4-21-wkpwp-15-yrs-ago-livecasts-ad-free-cornette-tears-into-russo-swaggers-upside-mizs-promo-strength-rosss-future-jericho-as-a-face-bischoffs-facebook-more-160\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP PODCAST 4\/21 \u2013 WKPWP 15 Yrs Ago Livecasts (AD-FREE): Cornette tears into Russo, Swagger&#8217;s upside, Miz&#8217;s promo strength, Ross&#8217;s future, Jericho as a face, Bischoff&#8217;s Facebook, more (160 min.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4141957303\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><strong>SHOW SUMMARY:\u00a0<\/strong>Today we jump back 15 years to two back-to-back episodes of the PWTorch Livecast from Apr. 15 and 16, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>On the Apr. 15, 2010 episode, PWTorch editor Wade Keller and PWTorch&#8217;s Brian Hoops takes calls for 60 minutes on topics including Larry Zbyszko as AWA Champion, The Miz as an all-time great talker already, Jack Swagger and Randy Orton possibly feuding on Smackdown, Jim Cornette&#8217;s career-damaging rant against Vince Russo, Coliseum Home Videos, Jim Ross&#8217;s future, Paul Heyman and TNA, and more. 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